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Sharon Weiss-Greenberg

Sharon Weiss-Greenberg

Sharon successfully advocates for children and women's rights. She was the first Orthodox woman chaplain at Harvard University.

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Sharon has over 20 years of experience in Jewish educational and communal settings including serving as the first Orthodox woman chaplain at Harvard and as Rosh Moshava of Camp Stone. She is known for speaking up and shifting the paradigm. The Jewish Week recognized her as a "36 Under 36" honoree and "Forward 50" list of Influential Jews. Sharon earned her PhD at NYU and MA and BA from YU.


Programs

1
Ms. President: The Obligation for Women to Exercise Leadership in the Jewish Community
This session will explore rabbinic sources in order to open a discussion about the chiyuv (obligation) for women to exercise leadership in the Jewish community. We will also discuss the obligation of the community to empower women.
2
Mikvah: Personal Moment or Communal Infrastructure?
The Mikvah is a place that generates strong emotions from individuals and from the community. This session will explore who really does or should own the mikvah and what can be done to be empowered in one's mikvah experience.
3
A Jewish Perspective on Sex
What the rabbis have to say about what goes on behind closed doors. This session will explore the rabbinic texts of a sex positive religion.
4
Ben Sorer UMoreh: The Wayward and Rebellious Child
The ben sorer umoreh serves as a case study for the flexibility and dynamic nature of halakha.
5
Kli Gever: Kippah, Pants, Guns, and more.
How does dress influence behavior, identity and vice versa? This session explores traditional and nontraditional texts and writings to consider the relationship between how one dresses and acts and one's personal and perceived identity.
Genres
  • Women & Judaism
  • Torah / Tanach / Text

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Articles
Kveller 19 May, 2021:
I Spent the Night in a Bomb Shelter With My Kids
The Jewish Week 11 August, 2016:
Women’s Rabbinic Roles Are Accepted In Israel. Why Not Here? Read more at http://www.thejewishweek.com/editorial-opinion/opinion/womens-rabbinic-roles-are-accepted-israel-why-not-here#l1X9uYvxQwE4bqpo.99
Jewish Telegraphic Agency 16 April, 2016:
No, rabbi, ‘traditional’ women are not immune from rape
Huffington Post 7 April, 2016:
Paid Maternity Leave: Are We ‘Ready’?
Huffington Posts 28 October, 2015:
Listening to Women’s Voices
Videos
Valuing People Over Statistics: The Secret To Meaningful Growth
Language of Shidduch Crisis
CollaboraSTORY: The Risk of Jumping In
Booking Our Speakers

Weekday/Sunday programs are approximately one hour. Shabbat Scholar-in-Residence usually includes two talks, sometimes three.

Usually: The event price includes honorarium and all expenses, including international and domestic airfare and local expenses. We ask venues to provide home-hospitality for one night (for weekday/Sunday programs), or two nights (for Shabbat programs), or for multi-day programs, one night for each day of the event. If your venue is unable to provide home hospitality, an additional charge of $150 per night will be assessed to cover speaker expenses.

Need a special program for Shavuot, Holocaust Remembrence Day, or July 4th? We have suggestions.

Interested in booking Sharon Weiss-Greenberg to speak at your next event? Contact Jewish Speakers Bureau (infREMOVEo@jewREMOVEishspeakerREMOVEsbureau.com), America's only speakers bureau for Jewish-interest speakers, authors, entertainers, and experts.

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